Attachment for window-sashes.



Y L. J. FISHEL. ATTAGHMENT FOR WINDOW SASHES. APPLIUATION rum) 151111.11, 1910.

965,096, Patented July 19, 1910.

LEO J'. FISI-IEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR WINDOW-SASHES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed March 17, 1910. Serial No. 549,818.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lno J. FIsHnL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for WVindow-Sashes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved attachment for window-sashes, and more especially for upper large and heavy sashes, by which the raising and lowering of the same can be accomplished in a ,very convenient and efiective manner.

The upper sashes of large windows can be opened only with some inconvenience. The usual way is to raise the lower sash until the meeting rail of the upper sash can be grasped by the hands from the outside and the sash pulled down. As the upper sashes are infrequently opened, they can be lowered only with some difliculty, so that most people prefer not to open the upper sash for ventilating purposes, but rely entirely on the opening of the lower sash for this purpose, especially as the closing of the upper sash is connected with the same inconvenience, namely, of opening the lower sash to a certain extent and then pushing the upper sash into closed position.

The object of this invention is to supply for the upper sashes of windows an attachment by which the opening and closing of the upper sash can be accomplished without raising the lower sash; and for this purpose the invention consists of an attachment for the upper window-sash which comprises receiving-sockets in the upper corners of the sash-frame and a U-shaped bail which is provided at its upper ends of its sides or legs with bent-over ends that are inserted into receiving corner-sockets of the sash-frame and secured thereto.

The invention consists further of means by which the upper ends of the U-shaped bail are retained in the sockets, but which permit the detaching of the bail when it is desired to remove it for cleaning the window-pane or for other purposes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front-e1evation of an upper window-sash showing my improved attachment in position on the same, Fig. 2 is a front-elevation of the attachment, showing it in position when the upper sash is placed in lowered position, Fig. 8 is a detail vertical transverse section on line 8, 3, Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a detail front-view, showing the connection of the handle-bail with one of the corner-sockets of the sash, drawn on a larger scale, Fig. 5 is a detail vertical transverse section on line 55, Fig. 3, drawn on a still larger scale, Fig. 6 is a detail frontview of one of the corner-sockets for receiving the upper end of the handle-bail of the attachment, and Fig. 7 is a detail front-view of a modified construction of the corners of the handle-bail of the attachment.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the U-shaped bail of my improved attachment for raising or lowering window-sashes. The bail a is preferably bent of a brass rod ing to the size and weight of the sash to which it is applied, and finished in any suitable manner, according to the color of the wood employed for the sashes and window casing. The U-shaped bail a is rounded off at its lower corners and the sides or legs a are bent slightly in outward direction and provided at their upper ends with ends a that are bent over at right angles to the legs a and plane of the bail a. The bent over ends of the sides or legs of the bail are inserted into sockets b that are located in mortises in the upper corners of the sash, said sockets being provided with an exterior face-plate Z2 that is attached by means of screws 6 to the sash-frame so as to hold the socket in position. As the legs of the bail are bent slightly in sidewise direction from the lower cross-bar of the same, a certain spring action is exerted by the horizontallybent ends a of the legs on the sockets after they are inserted into the same, so that the bail is retained therein by the friction of the bent-over ends with the sockets. For preventing the accidental detaching of the bent-over ends of the bail from the sockets, each end a is provided with a short pin 03 which extends laterally from the bent-over end a and engages a recess d in the socket, the socket being preferably made of cast metal and provided with a slightly elongated openingso thatthe pin d clears the opening of the socket when inserted into the same, but engages the recess 03 by the spring action of the legs on their bent-over ends. The legs of the bail are made long enough -of suflicient thickness and size, correspondso that their lower connecting cross-bare);- tends partly over the upper meeting rail of the lower sash, as shown in Fig. 1, the bent upper ends a being of sutficient length so that the bail will readily pass over the side-rails of the lower sash when the upper sash is lowered or raised.

The bail is preferably made in one piece. For large sashes it may be inconvenient to make the bail attachment in one piece, and it may be made of three pieces,-a cross-piece and two legs, which are connected by curved corner-pieces a having interiorlythreaded sockets into which the threaded ends of the cross-bar and legs are screwed, as shown in Fig. 7. The upper horizontal ends a? may also be made of short separable pieces and connected with the upper ends of the legs by similar corner-pieces a Shorter pieces of brass or other rods may thus be used for making up the U-shaped sash-bail.

For detaching the upper ends of the bail, it is necessary to move'the sides or legs of the bail slightly toward each other, so that the pins (Z are released from the recesses of the sockets and permit thereby the detaching of the ends a and of the entire bail from the upper sash. This may be necessary when it isdesired to clean the sash or the bail itself or when arranging curtains, draperies, etc., for the window. Any suitable means for connecting the upper ends of the bail with the upper corners of the sash may be em ployed, as many different connecting means may be devised for this purpose. For very heavy sashes, the attachment can also be used with the lower sash, only that in this case the bail has to be made somewhat shorter than the bail for the upper sash, so that the cross-bar is located in front of the lower rail of the lower sash.

The advantages of my improved bail attachment for sashes are, first, that the same can be readily sprung into position and retained in the sockets at the upper corners of the sash and easily detached therefrom when desired; second, that the upper sash can be handled with great facility when lowering or raising the same; and, third, that it forms a very convenient means for opening and closing large and heavy sashes in buildings, such as hotels, apartment houses, public buildings, etc., in which the lowering of the upper sash for ventilating purposes is hardly ever attempted owing to the inconvenience connected with opening or closing the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination, with a sash provided with sockets at its upper corners, of an approximately U-shaped bail having bent-over upper ends for insertion into the sockets.

2. The combination, with a sash provided with receiving-sockets at its upper corners, of an approximately U-shaped bail provided with bent-over ends at the upper ends of its legs, the legs of the bail exerting a spring action on the corner-sockets for being retained in the same.

3. The combination, with a sash, and sockets in the upper corners of the same, said sockets having laterally-elongated openings, of an approximately U-shaped bail provided with sidewise-bent legs and bent-over ends at the upper ends of said legs, the bentover ends being provided with a laterallyprojecting pin for engagement with recesses in the sockets.

4. A raising and lowering attachment for sashes, formed of an approximately U- shaped bail provided with rounded-ofi' corners at the lower part and bent-over ends at the upper ends of its legs.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEO J. FISHEL.

Witnesses PAUL GoErEL, FANNIE FISK. 

